Happy 2024, everyone!
Customization via iris eye color was emphasized again most recently in the following thread and warrants a post: Can we give Void Elves the Green Eyes?
For Alliance and Horde high elves, and void elves:
@ Character Customization/Barber Shop
- Iris Color - Select from basic iris colors; see Sylvanas’ cinematic from Shadowlands where she has her blue-gray eye color from the Tides of Darkness book - The book mentions Alleria as having green irises, Vereesa as having blue irises, and Lor’themar as having brown irises.
- Eye Glow - Yes/No
- If Yes - Glow Color - Yellow/Green/Purple/White/Blue shades as it is now; nothing changes here and the eye glow is active by default to pay respect to this being how the high elves were first introduced into the game. Players can change it at the barber shop if this is implemented.
- If No - No Glow, Iris Only - Iris color appears and there is no glow overlay.
Eye glow is as it currently is now and not every elf is attuned to magic. Quel’Danil Lodge lore explicitly states that they no longer use magic since the fall of the Sunwell (Source: Legends Volume 5: Warrior United & in-game implies this adherence to the source). Therefore, there should not be no glow for what Quel’Danil elves are ‘attuned’ to unless this lore is expanded on furthermore.
Players can also identify their elves as not being attuned to any sort of magic or affiliation too and would be able to have the same option that we see the wonderful homage to in the Shattered Legacies cinematic.
All customization is a net gain that will resonate with a group of players across all spectrums of people who play the game. This addition is seamless given the rich lore and Blizzard acknowledging such lore (iris colors behind the glow) via a cinematic, even after all these years.
Thank you for reading me out, as well as the community that has shared this sentiment across multiple posts on the forum and on other blogs linked in this post.
Should any individual have a thought to chime in with for this thread, please ping me on the forum or reach out to me in-game. I have appreciated the thoughts and contributions here immensely into a thread woven by the community over my time on Community Council.
Shorel’aran and have a fantastic weekend! 
(Edited for further clarity!)